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On the night of Saturday, May 20th, Rocky Juarez, stepped into the ring to face off against one of the truly great fighters of the last ten years. Juarez, a 2000 US Olympic silver medallist, was not back-handedly dismissed by writers and fans when it was announced he would fight Marco Antonio Barrera, but few envisioned the sterling effort he would put forth that night. It was a classic example of young, up-and-comer, gritting his teeth against the wily old veteran and proving his worth.
The fact that he didn’t get the decision, he didn’t even get the draw that was originally announced at fights end, didn’t really matter because the young kid from Houston, Texas knew in his heart that he had arrived. Rocky Juarez is not a braggart, he never intimated any arrogance prior to his fight with Barrera, but afterwards there was a keen sense of a man willing to push himself to even further heights because he had finally come to believe that he truly is as good as he always thought he might be. That confidence still did not spill over into arrogance but his belief in himself was evident at the post fight press conference. [details]
The fact that he didn’t get the decision, he didn’t even get the draw that was originally announced at fights end, didn’t really matter because the young kid from Houston, Texas knew in his heart that he had arrived. Rocky Juarez is not a braggart, he never intimated any arrogance prior to his fight with Barrera, but afterwards there was a keen sense of a man willing to push himself to even further heights because he had finally come to believe that he truly is as good as he always thought he might be. That confidence still did not spill over into arrogance but his belief in himself was evident at the post fight press conference. [details]